The Taringa Fire. Woman Before the Court
BRISBANE, Thursday.--In the police court today. Jane Nightingale was charged with murder in connection with the death of one of the victims of the Taringa fire…
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Resisting the Police. Strike Leader Prosecuted. London, Friday Morning
Ware, a member of the Transvaal Provisional Council, and one of the men arrested when the Johannesburg Trades Hall was raided, was before the Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Courts. Thursday, February 5, 1914. a Serious Charge
George Harris, 42 years of age, was before the Water Police Court charge with being in possession of housebreaking implements. Constable Gloriously arrested Harris on January 2, at 4 a.m. The constable stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waverley Tragedy. Woman Battered to Death. a Strange Letter. Verdict of Wilful Murder
A big clumsy pair of rusty, blood-stained fire-tongs, a sporting, paper bearing strange and almost indecipherable pencillings, a grey felt bat, and a pair of old slippers lay on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Priest's Crime. Murder in the First Degree. Hudson River Horror. New York
The trial of the New York priest, the Rev. Hans Schmidt, for the murder of Anna Aumaller, the young woman the trunk of whose mutilated body was found in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shark Bait. Live Dogs Being Used. Police Patrolling the Harbor
Since sharks have become numerous and ferocious again, fishermen have been spending a good deal of time in endeavoring to tampt them to take the hooks. All sorts of dainty…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in a Factory. Six Outbreaks. Evidence by Firemen and Police
The City Coroner (Mr. Hawkins) yesterday inquired into the cause of a fire, which broke out in Rcubon Markow Simblist's furniture factory, 167 Commonwealth-street, Surry Hills,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →French Murder Mystery. Fortune-teller's Letter. (Published in "The Times" This Morning.) LONDON, Friday Morning
A curious affair is reported from Paris. M. Louis Cardion, the manager of an explosives factory in Brittany, left for Paris a few days ago to inspect other works there, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queer Story. Mystery of a Murder. Body Pound in a Ditch. How the Chime Was Revealed. Paris, Thursday Evening
The Bureau do Police is engaged to investigating one of the most remarkable [?] which has yet come under its notice. About a month ago Monateur [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Waverley Tragedy. Inquest on Mrs. Mullan. Finding of Wilful Murder. Husband Committed for Trial. "Goodbye, Kiddies." (Continued from Page 5.)
Constable William Taylor, of Randwick police, said in response to a message he went to Wylie's baths at Coogee, and afterwards to St. John's [?] room at Coogee Beach…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Canine Police. Success in France. Catching an Apache. (Published in "The Times" This Morning.) LONDON, Friday Morning
The police dogs of Paris are becoming a very valuable asset in the detection of crime. Two Montmartre apaches quarrelled a day or two ago, and left the taxi-cab in which they…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Waggon and Motor Car Collision. Morrison v F. W. Hughes, Ltd
This was an action by John Stuart Morrison, licensee of the White Horse Hotel, King-street, Newtown, to recover from F. W. Hughes, Ltd., of Gresham-street, Sydney, £50, for damages…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Land. "Nations may battle and the world rock with revolution but the land will care for him who cares for it." Telephone 1521 City. Telegrams, "The Land," Sydney Offices: 7 O'Connell-street, Sydney. Friday, February 6, 1914. Labour s Control of the Military and Police and its Relation to the Producer
The annual conference of the Australian Workers' Union has just completed its sittings in Sydney. Only two events in the sessions call for comment: the President's speech and the General Secretary's report…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Land. "Nations may battle and the world rock with revolution but the land will care for him who cares for it." Telephone 1521 City. Telegrams. "The Land," Sydney Offices: 7 O'Connell-street, Sydney. Friday, February 6, 1914. Labour's Control of the Military and Police and its Relation to the Producer
The annual conference of the Australian Workers' Union has just completed its sittings in Sydney. Only two events in the sessions call for comment: the President's speech and the General Secretary's report…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Liverpool Murder. Sumner Sentenced to Death. Eltoft Four Years Gaol
LONDON, Thursday Evening.--The trial of Sumner and Eltoft in connection with the murder of Miss Bradfield, at Liverpool, concluded to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court
Next Water Police Court, Phillip-street.—Before the Chief Industrial Magistrate.—At 10 a.m.—For hearing: Corbitt v Smith; same v Quinn; Doherty v Salon; Kelsey v Jones; Shonfield v Counsell; Lonergan v…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Police Courts. Alleged Assault and Robber[?]
John Dowsett, 21, and William Henry Goring, 2[?]. were charged at the Water Police Court yesterday with assaulting George Ward, and robbing him of £1 15s and a gold ring. Ward stated that they had…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Industrial Magistrate's Court. (Before Mr. G. C. Addison, Chief Industrial Magistrate.) Breaches of Awards
Thomas R. Kirkland, Illawarra-road, Marrickville, an employer in the industries regulated by the Baking (Metropolitan Hand Bakers) Board Award, was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Strangled Boy. Father Charged with Murder .The Shoreditch Crime. London
Giving evidence yesterday at the trial of John Starchfield, charged with the murder of his seven-year-old son, who was found stranged in a railway carriage at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Liverpool Murder. Accused Found Guilty. Sumner Sentenced to Death. London, Feb. 5
The trial of George Sumner and Samuel Eltoft for the murder of Miss Bradfield was concluded to-day. The jury, after an hour's retirement, found…
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